Faculty

  LINDA FALLS

Born in Vancouver, Linda Falls completed her degrees in piano performance at the University of British Columbia where she studied with Barbara Custance, Bob Rogers and Dale Reubart. Further coursework was done in Kodaly and Orff methodologies at UBC as well as piano methodology at Teacher's College, Columbia University (New York) and post-graduate coursework in music history and piano at the University of Southern California.

She has taught theory, history, piano, ear training and pedagogy, and has considerable administrative experience as a past music coordinator and private music facilitator.

Professionally Linda continues her performance activities in chamber music and instrumental and vocal accompaniment. She is interested in computer applications in music and continues to explore this interesting field.

WENDY GRANT

Wendy Grant grew up in Lethbridge, Alberta where she studied piano from an early age. After completing her ARCT in piano performance and pedagogy at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto studying with Earl Moss and William G. Andrews, she attended the University of Lethbridge where she received a Bachelor of Music degree. She subsequently attended the University of Victoria, receiving both a Master's degree and a PhD in Musicology. Her master's thesis, a study of the trio sonatas of Henry Purcell, won the Governor General's Gold Medal in 1990. Wendy has presented papers internationally and has performed frequently as soloist and accompanist on piano and harpsichord.

LARS KAARIO

Lars Kaario is Director of Choral Studies in the Diploma in Music Program at Capilano University. He directs Capilano University Singers, the Capilano University Festival Chorus, Cecilia Ensemble Women's Choir and teaches voice. He is founder and director of the acclaimed professional chamber choir Laudate Singers which has made two very successful CDs, broadcast for CBC Radio, performed as resident choir for Kathaumixw and has also performed for Festival Vancouver. Other ensembles he has directed include Pacific Baroque Orchestra, CBC Orchestra, West Coast Symphony, West Coast Summer Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Greater Vancouver Operatic Society, and Theatre Under the Stars. Mr. Kaario has been a director of music at several churches in the Lower Mainland. He has performed leading roles in opera, light opera and music theatre, and has appeared regularly in many recitals and concerts. In oratorio, he has been tenor soloist in such works as Bach's B Minor Mass, Beethoven's Mass in C Major, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah and Mozart's Requiem with many of B.C.'s major choirs and orchestras. Mr. Kaario is a past member and soloist with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and past principal tenor and soloist with the Vancouver Cantata Singers. He was the 1997 recipient of the Judy Dennis Award for his contribution to the arts on the North Shore.

 GRACE MCNAB

Grace McNab entered the University of British Columbia in 1975 majoring in piano performance, and later in general music with emphasis upon theory. She graduated in 1979 with a B.Mus. and completed a Master's in music theory in 1982, specializing in the early atonal music of Schoenberg and its links with late 19th century tonal harmony. She then continued piano studies in England under Katharina Wolpe, and studied composition at King's College before returning to Vancouver in 1984.

Grace's artistic training is enhanced by substantial experience with visual arts, including courses in drawing and painting at Morley College, England, and completion of one year of a three-year B.Arch. degree at UBC in 1985. She has taught music at the college level since 1980, giving courses in theory, class piano, ear training, and music appreciation at Douglas College, UBC, and Capilano University. She has taught piano for more than 20 years and was on the piano faculty of the Richmond Community Music School from 1985 to 1990, where she performed regularly in faculty recitals.

Grace joined the faculty of Capilano University in 1989 and currently teaches theory for both the Diploma in Music and Jazz Studies program.

DAVID VANDEREYK

Vancouver pianist David Vandereyk received his musical training in Canada, the United States and Europe. He holds a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the University of British Columbia where his principal teachers were Jane Coop and Robert Silverman and has had additional studies at the Taubman Institute in Massachusetts and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Mr.Vandereyk is active as a teacher, performer, adjudicator and examiner. He has appeared as soloist and collaborative pianist at the Hornby Festival, the Vancouver New Music Society, Victoria International Festival and The Little Chamber Music Series that Could. He has a keen interest in the performance of Canadian Music and has premiered new works by British Columbia composers including Mark Armanini, Barbara Pentland and A.D. Perry. He also has a special interest in the study of the Alexander Technique and its application to piano performance and has worked with Nelly Ben-Or, in London, England.

A member of the Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators' Association, Mr. Vandereyk has given masterclasses and adjudicated music festivals throughout Canada and has presented lectures on a wide variety of pedagogical subjects. Mr. Vandereyk is a Senior Piano Examiner for RCM Examinations and has been a member of the College of Examiners since 1991. In addition to maintaining a private studio in Vancouver, he has been a regular faculty member at Capilano University since 1989 where he teaches piano, class piano and theory.

PRIVATE MUSIC INSTRUCTION

VOICE

NADINE BOHNA

Nadine Bohna received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in vocal performance from the University of British Columbia, where she studied with French Tickner and Eileen Broadie-Feay. She has performed both popular and classical music, and was a member of the Vancouver Cantata Singers and the duo Raincoast. She is an active member of the Vancouver Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Nadine joined the Capilano University Music department in 1976. She currently teaches private vocal instruction and Orff Methodology in the Diploma in Music program. Nadine also teaches Kodaly-Orff Music for Children, a program which she inaugurated for the university in 1978, and she is program coordinator for the Capilano University Community Music School.

LARS KAARIO

See Instructional Faculty

HEATHER PAWSEY

Soprano Heather Pawsey maintains a busy performance career in opera, chamber music, recitals and contemporary music in Canada, the United States and Europe. First prize-winner of the 1996 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, she subsequently performed a cross-Canada Winner's Recital Tour. Equally at home in 18th and 19th century repertoire, she is particularly skilled in the music of our time, with a number of world premieres to her credit, and in a broad spectrum of the world's languages, including Mandarin, Korean, Taiwanese, and Cree. Heather is regularly heard on CBC Radio programs including In Performance, Two New Hours, and Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. She has recently sung for Vancouver Opera, Burnaby Lyric Opera, Opera Viva, the Turning Point Ensemble, the Vancouver Island Symphony, the West Coast Symphony, and several recital series, and has received grants from the Province of British Columbia, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Government of Canada's Canada Music Fund. In addition to Capilano University, she has taught at Douglas College and maintains a busy private studio.

A graduate (in voice performance) of the University of British Columbia, she won scholarships to the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Aldeburgh, England, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine and the Opera Studio of the American Institute for Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. For further information, please see Heather's website at http://www.heatherpawsey.com/



GEORGE ROBERTS

George Roberts is well-known throughout British Columbia for his diversity and competence in voice training. Studying under Phyllis Mailing at the Vancouver Academy of Music, George acquired a vocal technique based on ease and a naturalistic production that has proved equally useful in choral, oratorio, music theatre, art song and popular music styles. In 13 seasons with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, he was a frequent soloist in concert, on recordings and in many CBC Radio broadcasts. George also performed with the a cappella quartet, Fourtissmo, for 10 years, specializing in vocal jazz and renaissance repertoire. He has adjudicated music festivals from Victoria to Winnipeg, and has facilitated choral workshops throughout BC. His solo career has included engagements with Early Music Vancouver, Trinity Western University, the Vancouver Symphony, Masterpiece Music and many community organizations in the Lower Mainland.

George is the Coordinator of Music at Highlands United Church, North Vancouver. He regularly presents solo recitals locally and is highly regarded for his ease of production and expressive singing. In addition to his busy singing and teaching career, George is also a gifted accompanist and coach. A published composer and arranger, his choral music is available on the Cypress label.

PATRICIA HODGINS

After graduating in Voice Performance from UBC in 1971, Patricia went to England to study voice at the London Opera Centre, having won two Canada Council grants. During her five year stay in the U.K., she took part in many oratorios, recitals for the BBC and made her operatic debut at the Sadlers Wells Theatre. Before returning to Canada, she studied German Lieder with Hanna Ludwig in Salzburg. Back in Canada, she taught at the Banff Centre and toured across the country for several years as part of the innovative classical trio, "Sarabande", as well as with "The Western Savoyards". Since then, Patricia has continued touring with two concerts she co-wrote with Patricia Rolston for their voice-piano due, "The Two Patricias", called Love's Old Sweet Songs and A Rave Revue. Their CD Love's Old Sweet Songs was produced in 1995. She currently teaches voice at Western Washington University, Capilano University and also adjudicates at festivals, gives recitals and is a frequent guest soloist in Oratorio.

KEYBOARDS

DAVID MCCOY Piano

David McCoy holds a Bachelor of Music degree (head of graduating class, 1981) and a Master of Music degree (1984) in piano performance from the University of British Columbia where he studied with Robert Silverman. He also studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts (winter cycle) with Gyorgy Sebok, John Perry, David Burge and Menahem Pressler. David became a faculty member of UBC in 1985 and has a growing reputation as a teacher, pianist and accompanist. He joined the Capilano University Music department in 1989.

DAVID VANDEREYK Piano

See Instructional Faculty

SIIRI REBANE Organ

Born and educated in Tallinn, Estonia, Siiri received her Bachelor's equivalent in piano performance at the Tallinn Academy of Music in 1982, and went on to obtain the Master's equivalent in 1987. Later the same year, she went back to the Academy to continue her graduate work in organ performance. Among Siiri's many accomplishments of those years were several solo organ concerts at the Niguliste Concert Hall, Tallinn and the beginning of an association with the world renowned Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

With the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir first as a singer and then as organist, she performed in major concert halls in Estonia, the former Soviet Union, Sweden, Finland, England and Germany. Her organ repertoire includes music from all periods. From 1987 through 1989, Siiri played organ with many fine ensembles, including the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, accompanying Dutch singer, Robert Hall, in Bach solo cantatas at Moscow's Pushkin Museum. In 1989, she recorded Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Estonian Boy's Choir and the Estonian State Orchestra. Later that year, she was organ soloist in a Christmas Eve video broadcast of Haydn's Organ Concerto for Estonian Television. She also toured Finland with the Ellerhein Children's Choir.

RUDY MARK ROZANSKI Piano

Rudy Mark Rozanski has been an active performer, presenting solo and chamber music concerts in Canada and the United States. He has been the concerto soloist with conductors such as Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Bruce Dunn and David Hoyt. Many of his performances have been broadcast, including his renditions of Tchaikovsky's Concerto in Bb, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.

Rudy was the first artist to receive a Doctorate of Music in piano from a Canadian university. His teachers included Gyorgy Sebok, Menahem Presller, Harold Zabrack, John Perry and Robert Silverman. He also studied with George Crumb, Toru Takemitsu, Elly Ameling, Maureen Forester, Daniel Pollak, and Janos Starker. In the course of his studies he received numerous awards, including several Banff Centre Scholarships and Killiam Pre-doctoral scholarships.

Rudy also writes concert music for solo piano and chamber music groups. He continues to compose for other media, notably film and video. His projects include scores for the films Belated and the Golden Smile, the play Kaleidoscope, the documentary Tsilatsa, and the environmental video Estuaries of the Georgia Strait. His music also provides the underscoring to the Touch the Sky project, a series of stories and techniques for children with cancer, currently in national release.

ORCHESTRAL

STRINGS

NANCY DINOVO Violin and Viola

San Francisco born violinist Nancy DiNovo began her studies with James Eoff and Raphael Spiro in Portland, Oregon. Four summers at the Aspen Music Festival were followed by work with Joseph Silverstein, Steven Staryk, and Lorand Fenyves.

A former member of the St. Louis, Toronto, and Boston Symphony Orchestras, she has served as concertmaster and solo violinist of the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, the Chamber Players of Toronto, and Te Deum Ensemble, wand was founding concertmaster of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. As a solo artist, she has appeared in the major cities of both Eastern and Western Canada, as well as both the Olympic and Marrowstone Summer Festivals in Washington State. Her performances have included world premieres of works written especially for her as both violinist and violist, including the Barnes Violin Concerto (1976) premiered in Toronto with Sir Neville Mariner conducting.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, Nancy taught for five summers at Tanglewood, was a visiting artist for two seasons at Western Washington University, and spent four summers on the faculty of the Marrowstone Music Festival. She is currently on the faculties of Capilano University, Vancouver Community College, and UBC.

Since 1992, she has performed the concerti of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Paganini, debuted the Kurt Weil Violin Concerto in Victoria and at the Banff Festival, and toured B.C. playing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, she performs recitals on both modern and period instruments.

HEATHER HAY Cello

For cellist Heather Hay, chamber music is one of the most enjoyable ways to make music. Guest appearances for Heather include California's Chamber Music West and Cabrillo Music Festivals, as well as the Pacific Rim and Hornby Festivals in British Columbia. In 1989, it was chamber music that brought Heather to Vancouver to join the Purcell String Quartet. With the Quartet, Heather recorded and performed for Radio France in Paris, and toured in Europe, and throughout B.C.

Since moving to Vancouver, Heather has been an active part of Vancouver's music scene. She is Principal Cellist with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and performs often with the CBC Radio Orchestra. She has also been an invited guest with the West Coast Chamber Music Concerts and for Vancouver New Music. Heather has also been frequently heard on CBC Radio Two's regional programme, Westcoast Performance.

Heather left her mark at various orchestras; she was Principal Cellist with the symphonies in Saskatoon and Santa Cruz, and a member of the National Ballet Orchestra and the Esprit Orchestra in Toronto. Solo appearances include the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

Heather studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Bonnie Hampton, completing her Master's of Music as Ms. Hampton's assistant. She also studied at Queen's University and the Banff School of Fine Arts, working with Janos Starker, Zara Nelsova, Aldo Parisot and William Pleeth.

Heather is on the faculty at Capilano University and maintains a private studio of young and not so young students! She is also a faculty member at the West Coast Amateur Musicians' Society Summer Music Festival, teaching alongside her music educator husband, Bill Piggott.


PATRICIA HUTTER Bass

Patricia Hutter is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, and an alumnus of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood.

She was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra before coming to Vancouver. She is currently a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Principal Bass of the Vancouver CBC Chamber Orchestra. Patricia also performs tango and swing with the Vancouver-based Quartetto Paradiso.

PAUL LUCHKOW Violin

Paul Luchkow is a versatile violinist and violist whose activities cover the range of music from the 17th Century to the present day on modern and period instruments. A regular feature of Vancouver's Early Music scene, Paul is a long-time member of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, string leader of St. Jude's Pro Musica, appears frequently in concerts for Early Music Vancouver, and Festival Vancouver, and was a founding member of the Burney Ensemble and of Vancouver's 17th century string band "La Cetra". His latest project involves the exploration of Classical and Romantic music, on period instruments, with pianist Michael Jarvis in the Luchkow-Jarvis Duo. Paul has participated in recordings for the BIS, Koch, Spool, ATMA Classique, CBC Records, and Artifact Music labels and his concert performances are frequently broadcast on the CBC (radio and television) and NPR networks.


ISABELLE ROLAND Voila

Isabelle is a native of Canada, but grew up dividing her time between Paris and Vancouver. After receiving a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Victoria where she studied with Jaroslav Karlovsky, she then obtained her Masters in Performance at the Cleveland Institute where she was a student of Heidi Castleman and Lynne Ramsey Irvine.

From 1990 to 2001, Isabelle was assistant principal viola of the Victoria Symphony. During her time with the V.S.O., Isabelle performed as a soloist including performances under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin. She also helped found the Savitri Quartet, and has performed on C.B.C. radio both as a member of the Savitri Quartet, and in collaboration with mezzo-soprano Susan Platts. From 1996-1998, Isabelle served as assistant principal with the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, Colorado.

Since settling permanently in Vancouver in 2002, Isabelle has appeared as a soloist with Sinfonia of the North Shore and the West Coast Symphony. Currently, Isabelle is principal viola with Sinfonia, Orchestra of the North Shore, is a member of the Vancouver Opera and performs as an extra with C.B.C. Radio Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

WOODWINDS

BRENDA FEDORUK Flute

Brenda Fedoruk is Principal Flute of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and plays flute and piccolo with the CBC Radio Orchestra. She has been a member of orchestras for Les Miserables, Showboat, Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera and Ragtime. She has toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra and also frequently performs with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She is also active as a chamber musician, recording artist and soloist in the Greater Vancouver area. Brenda holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of B.C. with further studies in Toronto, Zurich and Salzburg. She has taught at the Courtenay Youth Music Centre, the UBC Summer Music Institute and the West Coast Summer Music Festival. In addition, she was artist-in-residence for many years at the Hornby Summer Music Festival, taking part in solo and chamber music recitals featuring music composed entirely during this century. Brenda is currently a member of the faculty of the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Academy of Music, Capilano University and Vancouver Community College.

GENE RAMSBOTTOM Clarinet

Gene Ramsbottom is the principal clarinetist with the CBC Vancouver (since 1984) and Vancouver Opera Orchestras (1975-1995). He has concertized in Canada, England, France, Israel, and the United States, as well as representing Canada at such prestigious festivals as the Prussia Cove Music Festival (England) and the Carmel International Bach Festival (U.S.A.) as a featured soloist.

After serving an apprenticeship as one of two candidates in the Canada Council's Arts Management Training Programme (1975), he founded the Ramcoff Concert Society, developing it into a major presenter of classical chamber music. Concert series he has produced include Out for Lunch (Vancouver Art Gallery), Lunch and Listen (BC Tel: Burnaby), Sixth Season (Centennial Theatre), Chateau Classics (Hotel Vancouver), Bach's Lunch (Hong Kong Bank of Canada Headquarters), and the Whistler International Mozart Festival.

As a community advocate of live music, he has served as an Arts Commissioner on the North Shore Arts Commission and has been a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Tourism Vancouver, Vancouver Partnership for Business and the Arts, and has an active interest in the Vancouver/Los Angeles Sister City Committee as well as the Vancouver Cultural Alliance. He has been a board member of the Vancouver New Music Society, the Pacific International Festival of Male Choirs, and is president of the Ramcoff Concert Society.

DAVID OVERGAARD Bassoon

David Overgaard received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California where he majored in bassoon performance and music history, as well as completing studies in conducting and early music. Dr. Overgaard has attended the Banff Centre for Fine Arts and played with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. As an undergraduate, David Overgaard studied voice at the University of British Columbia and also at the Vancouver Academy of Music. He received his teaching credentials, as well as his Master's degree in bassoon performance, from the University of British Columbia.

While in Los Angeles, David performed at the Santa Barbara Stravinsky Festival under the direction of Robert Kraft. He has been a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and as a freelance musician has played with the Vancouver and Victoria symphonies and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company. Dr. Overgaard has studied with bassoonists Stephen Maxym, Chris Millard and Jesse Read.

MAREA CHERNOFF Oboe and English Horn

Marea began studying oboe in Vancouver at the age of thirteen, and graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1995. She received an Artist Diploma from the Vancouver Academy of Music in 1997 and completed a Master of Music Degree at Boston University in 1999.

As a freelance musician in Vancouver, Marea plays principal oboe with Sinfonia Orchestra of the North Shore and has played with Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Ballet B.C., Turning Point, Abbotsford Symphony, Prince George Symphony and several other groups. She is a member of the Ad Mare Wind Quintet and Reed Trio.

Marea is also on faculty at Kwantlen University College, Trinity Western University, Douglas College and the Vancouver Academy of Music.

BRASS

STEPHEN WOODYARD Trumpet

Stephen Woodyard received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Victoria and his Teaching Certificate from the University of British Columbia. His freelance work was a trumpet player has included performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, orchestras hired by the New Westminster Handel Society of Music and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra. He has performed with various brass chamber ensembles such as Touch of Brass, Brassmith, City Centre Brass, Lyric Brass Trio as well as the Capilano College Faculty Brass Quintet, which is formed primarily to perform at the Capilano College Christmas Choral concerts. He is presently Principal Trumpet of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble and continues to freelance as a performer on trumpet.

As a teacher, Stephen has taught music in the North Vancouver School District for over 20 years and has taught at Capilano University as a Trumpet Instructor and Class Brass instructor for over 15 years. As a conductor he directs the bands at Carson Graham Secondary School, has conducted the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble and, most recently, has been appointed Conductor and Music Director of the Capilano College Wind Ensemble. He is presently working toward a Masters in Music Education Degree at the University of Victoria with an emphasis in conducting, instrumental pedagogy, with a special interest in First Nations music.

STEVE DENROCHE French Horn

Steve Denroche has performed with a number of chamber groups, as well as symphony and opera orchestras in Ontario and B.C. As a Vancouver-based freelance horn player, he has played with the Vancouver Opera since 1980, and has worked as an extra with the Vancouver Symphony and the CBC Radio Orchestra. He is a founding member of, and arranges for, the brass group Cornucopia. Steve has served as a faculty member of community music schools throughout B.C. for 17 years, and has been on the faculty of the Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music for 10 years. In 1985, he participated in the recording of Tears Are Not Enough, the Canadian record with proceeds donated to help famine relief.

Steve has played horn in Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Secret Garden, and in the summer of 1995 played on the national tour of Music of the Night.

 DENNIS ESSON Trombone

Since moving to Vancouver in 1980, Dennis Esson has established himself as a highly respected and sought after trombonist for a wide variety of musical endeavors.

He has recorded music for cartoons, movies, jingles and soundtracks in addition to albums with many pop and rock groups such as Stephen Fearing, The Paperboys, Buddy Miles, The Salteens, Veda Hille and others. He has also been in the pit orchestras for Broadway shows such as "Chorus Line", "The Full Monty", and " 42nd Street".

As a jazz musician Dennis has recorded numerous C.B.C. sessions as a featured soloist. He is also the lead trombonist with groups such as the "Vancouver Ensemble of Improvisation (VEJI)", "Orquesta Goma Dura", "Jill Townsend Big Band", "Hard Rubber Orchestra" and the "Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra". Some of the musicians he has performed with include Kenny Wheeler, Phil Woods, Eddie Daniels, Marvin Stamm, David Foster, Maynard Ferguson, Natalie Cole, Clark Terry, Bud Shank, and Phil Nimmons. He has appeared and performed at all of the major jazz festivals across Canada.

In addition Dennis was the recipient in 1993 of a Canada Council of the Arts "B" grant to study jazz trombone in New York where he studied with Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Benny Powell and Slide Hampton. More recently he resumed his studies and completed a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Orchestral Performance from the University of British Columbia.

As a music educator Dennis has been the Jazz Trombone instructor at Capilano University since 1997 and has been the director of the UBC Jazz Ensemble 2 since 2000. In addition he has been on the faculty of the Courtney Youth Music Center since 2000 and prior to that time he was on the faculty of the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts from 1984-1999.

As an adjudicator Dennis has appeared at many festivals throughout B.C. and western Canada including Kelowna, Edmonton, Whistler, Surrey, Burnaby, and Vancouver. He has also performed clinics and master classes at universities, colleges, and secondary schools throughout Canada. Dennis is a Yamaha trombone artist and performs and records on the YSL697Z trombone.

NEIL NICHOLSON Tuba and Bass Trombone

Neil Nicholson began his musical life at the age of six, with piano lessons being the main focus. During this time, he also pursued studies of the euphonium and tenor trombone. In high school, Neil soon progressed to the bass trombone and tuba. In the years to follow, a career as a professional freelance musician would provide a multitude of musical opportunities. These currently include performances in concert halls with symphony orchestras, chamber groups, big bands, and pit orchestras as well as recording music in the studio for TV shows, album projects or radio and TV jingles. Neil has been active as a private instructor of the trombone and tuba and is on the faculty at Capilano University.

PERCUSSION

KEN MOORE

Ken Moore has a rich history as both a percussion performer and educator since attending the Bachelor of Music program at UBC (1962-1966). His performance credits range from traditional orchestra work with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Chamber Orchestra, including being principal timpanist/percussionist with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Symphony Canadiana, to popular entertainment such as nightclubs, Broadway shows and jazz, rock and commercial entertainers like Cleo Laine, Mitzi Gaynor, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, and Rosemary Clooney. Mr. Moore has been an active educator for many years, establishing the percussion program at UBC and Vancouver Community College and teaching at Capilano University since 1983. He has also been an active clinician and instructor in the public school system.

 GRAHAM BOYLE

Since completing his formal studies in Los Angeles, Graham has spent over 30 years working as a freelance drummer and percussionist in almost every musical genre, performing throughout North America and parts of Europe.

In the classical field, he has worked for over 20 years as an extra musician for the Vancouver Symphony. In addition, Graham was a founding member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and has also performed with the CBC Orchestra and The New Music Society. His arrangements and compositions of World Ethnic Music are now being distributed as a set of CDs to 20 countries as part of the Parry Music Library.

COMPOSITION

MARK ARMANINI

Mark Armanini is a two-time winner of the Jean Coulthard Scholarship for composers. After completing his M.Mus. Degree from UBC in 1985, where he studied with Elliot Weisgarber (composition) and Robert Rogers (piano), he became a founding member of the Vancouver Pro Musica. Mark has written more than 40 compositions from solo to chamber and orchestral works, and has recently taken a keen interest in writing music combining Asian and Western classical instruments. In May 1997, his pipa concerto …of Wind and Water was performed by the Vancouver Symphony at the opening of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. His first CD The Spirit Emerges was released in 1996.

GUITAR

STEPHEN BOSWELL

Stephen Boswell has performed, recorded and taught in Canada since 1975. Educated in England at the Royal College of Music, he studied there with many fine guitarists and in Alicante, Spain with the great José Tomas. He has released six solo recordings of guitar music since 1982 and is presently performing with Guitarra Latina Trio (guitar, bass and percussion).

Stephen's arrangements and compositions are published by Hampton Music of England and Chelys Music of Vancouver, Canada.

Stephen performed theme and incidental music for the movies Salvador and Loyalties. He studied for six months with Argentine guitarist-composer, Jorge Cardoso, and has made Latin American music a specialty in recent years.

His arrangements and compositions of World Ethnic Music are now being distributed as a set of CDs to 20 countries as a part of the Parry Music Library.